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Apparatus and method for controlling operation of home appliance, home appliance and method for operating of home appliance

a technology for home appliances and control apparatuses, which is applied in the direction of program control, instruments, data switching networks, etc., can solve the problems of inability to remote control the home appliance by voice command and inability to do so, and achieve the effect of improving the accuracy of the remote control result and extending the distance in which the remote control is carried ou

Active Publication Date: 2021-01-26
LG ELECTRONICS INC
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[0013]Another aspect of the present disclosure is to provide a relay home appliance between two or more home appliances that exceed a communication range, thereby enhancing the accuracy of remote control results by extending the distance in which remote control is possible.
[0031]Through the setting unit according to this embodiment, the relay home appliance may be provided between two or more home appliances that have exceeded the communication range to extend the distance in which remote control is possible and improve the accuracy of the remote control result.

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Conventionally, when a network failure occurs, remote control of the home appliance by the voice command is not possible.
Conventionally, when a network failure occurs, remote control of the home appliance by voice command is not possible.

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[0051]Description will hereinafter be made more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which exemplary embodiments are shown.

[0052]The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only, and is not intended to limit the present disclosure. As used herein, the singular forms “a”, “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms “comprises” and / or “comprising,” when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and / or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and / or groups thereof.

[0053]Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this disc...

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Disclosed is an apparatus and method for controlling operation of at least one home appliance by executing artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms and / or machine learning algorithms in a connected 5G environment for the Internet of things (IoT). The home appliance control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a setting unit for setting one home appliance among a plurality of home appliances as a main home appliance and for setting at least one of the remaining home appliances as a sub-home appliance when a voice command is received from an utterer, and a communication control unit for controlling the main home appliance and the sub-home appliance to communicate with each other using a mutually agreed communication protocol other than a pre-set network communication when a predetermined condition is satisfied.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 119(a), this application claims the benefit of earlier filing date and right of priority to Korean Patent Application No. 10-2019-0066105, filed on Jun. 4, 2019, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.BACKGROUND1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present disclosure relates to a home appliance control apparatus and method, a home appliance, and a home appliance operation method. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a home appliance control apparatus and method, a home appliance, and a home appliance driving method, in which even if remote control of the home appliance is not possible in response to a voice command of an utterer due to a network failure in a 5G environment connected to the Internet of things, the operation of the home appliance can be remotely controlled and driven by communicating between a plurality of home appliances using a mutually agreed ...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G05B15/02H04L12/12H04L12/28G10L15/00H04L69/40
CPCG05B15/02G10L15/00H04L12/12H04L12/2816G05B2219/2642G06F3/167H04L12/2814G05B2219/25168G05B2219/163Y02D30/50H04L69/08H04L69/40G10L15/22G10L2015/223
Inventor KIM, HYEONG JINKANG, PIL GOOCHEON, HYUNG JOO
Owner LG ELECTRONICS INC
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